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We work with organisations across many sectors, treating their businesses as our own and learning about their customers and operations. We take on their challenges and work in partnership for mutual reward. It’s only by understanding our customers' supply chains that we can help to deliver their goals and ambitions.

Retail

We help retailers at every point in the supply chain, from inbound containers to e-fulfilment and home delivery.

Consumer goods

Our solutions enable manufacturers to improve productivity, achieve efficiencies and deliver excellent customer service.

Construction

Our fleet of specialist equipment delivers various materials to both private and public sector construction projects.

Defence

We have extensive experience in providing logistics solutions for land, sea and air defence manufacturers.

Energy

With safety in mind, we transport both bulk and packaged energy, chemical and petroleum products.

Public sector

Through our partnership with Serco we provide secure custodial transport and logistics support to the public sector.

Water

Our emergency water service supports large corporates and utility companies when water supply is disrupted.

Events

We keep the show on the road providing water solutions for events, festivals and concerts.

Milk and bulk food

We provide bulk storage, handling and transport solutions for agricultural products, milk and ingredients.
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Our strategy

Focusing on our core strengths

In early 2011 we concluded a strategic review and developed a five-year plan focusing on the growth potential across all our market sectors.

Wincanton. The supply chain provider of choice

Our strategy is to be the best supply chain solutions provider in the markets in which we operate, based on our expertise in solution design and our strong, proven operational capabilities.

In August 2011 we completed the sale of our German Road operations and businesses in Central & Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. We also announced the proposed sale of the remaining Mainland European operations, which completed in December 2011. This places the strategic focus clearly our core markets of the UK and Ireland where we have a leading position and see the greatest potential for growth.

In the UK & Ireland, our objective is to build on our competences in the design, implementation and management of supply chain solutions. We aim to capitalise on the opportunities of a changing market, further strengthening our leadership position in markets such as retail, construction, defence and containers and further developing our warehousing and transport services. We will continue to develop new markets such as the public sector, where we can leverage our proven skills in new areas, either through strategic partnerships, working as part of consortia or supplying services in our own right.

Wincanton supports customers at every stage of their development, offering them innovative thinking and agile, efficient execution. We have the quality, scale and infrastructure to provide cost efficient, flexible solutions combined with the customer-centric approach of a small private company. Our culture is to create strong, empowered management teams who understand their customers’ needs in each market sector and can match these requirements with solutions capabilities and service offerings that are truly differentiating.